{my little sister's engaged!}

so i never did get back to my sister getting engaged (kinda a big deal).

me, joel, my parents and brother all took last monday off of work to be a part of it!

i am sooo happy miles (the future brother-in-law) asked us to be there :)

what a beautiful and joy-filled day.

the engagement was so fun and creative!

miles knows someone who volunteers for a cute little sight-seeing train 

in a small town outside of grand rapids, and he was able to reserve it for the proposal!

we got there a bit early to decorate the train compartment where the proposal 

was to take place, tossing some flower petals down the aisle 

and setting out two pieces of my homemade tiramisu (my sister's favorite dessert). 

we also set up a cd player with a mixed cd miles had made.

my family and i, along with a few of miles' and amanda's friends waited on the train compartment just behind the decorated one, sitting on the floor, so as not to be seen by my

soon-to-be-engaged sister.

once he asked her, my sister asked miles if anyone know about it. 

he answered by bringing her back to see all of us :) 

my sister was more joy-filled and speechless than i have ever seen her.

look at this beauty. may i point out that i was the first to see it, 

as miles asked for my approval before he purchased it a few weeks back.

obviously, i approved.

aren't they so cute together?!? serrrriously.

so glad we were all there to be there to celebrate with them!!

apparently, joel and i got caught up in the romance of it all (:

wanna know something kinda crazy?
miles went to school with CMU with joel and me, and he went to the
same on-campus church! i myself had never met him during that time, but joel
on the other hand, was in a small group with him for an entire year!

when he first heard of their budding romance, he was super excited and ensured
me that miles was an awesome guy with an amazing heart.
he was definitely right.

i am sooo ridiculously excited for my sister am am super pumped
to welcome miles to our family!
expect many wedding-inspired posts to come (: (: {wedding date is 10.8.11}!!